Monday, July 31, 2017

New
Delhi: The income tax (I-T) department said on Monday the deadline for
filing income tax returns (ITRs) for financial year 2016-17 has been extended
till 5 August.

On
Sunday, a top official had said the last date for filing of ITRs will not be
extended beyond 31 July deadline.

“The
last date for filing of ITRs remains 31 July. There are no plans to extend this
deadline. The department has already received over 2 crore returns filed
electronically. The department requests taxpayers to file their return in
time,” the official said.

The
department has also issued advertisements in leading national dailies in the
last few days stating that taxpayers should disclose their income “correctly”
and file their ITRs on or before 31 July.

The
linking of Aadhaar number with the PAN (Permanent Account Number) of a taxpayer
has also been made mandatory for filing of an ITR, beginning 1 July.

The
department has also asked taxpayers to declare cash deposits made in bank
accounts aggregating to Rs2 lakh or more, post demonetisation between 9
November-30 December last year, in the ITRs.

On reports of the e-filing website facing some glitches, the official said that
no major glitches have been reported with the department's e-filing website -http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ -
barring a few times when the portal was "interrupted for maintenance".

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